The works of Geoffrey Chaucer : now newly imprinted. [Colophon: Here ends the Book of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
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The works of Geoffrey Chaucer : now newly imprinted. [Colophon: Here ends the Book of the Works of Geoffrey Chaucer
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- Chaucer, Geoffrey, d. 1400; Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898, ill; Lombardi, Celine, binder; Kelmscott Press
- Publication date
- 1896
- Publisher
- Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the county of Middlesex : Printed by me William Morris at the Kelmscott Press
- Collection
- bostonpubliclibrary; americana
- Contributor
- Boston Public Library
- Language
- English
Side notes and headings in red
"Besides Burne-Jones eighty-seven pictures, it contains a full-page woodcut title, fourteen large borders, eighteen borders or frames for the pictures, and twenty-six large initial words. All of these, besides the ornamental initial letters large and small, were designed by Morris himself."--The life of William Morris by J.W. Mackail, v. 2, p. 326
Edition of 425 copies
"The hearty thanks of the editor and printer are due to the Reverend Professor Skeat for kindly allowing the use of his emendations to the Ellesmere mss. of the Canterbury tales, and also of his emended texts of Chaucer's other writings."
Bound by Celine Lombardi
Issued in box
Peterson, W.S. Kelmscott Press
"Besides Burne-Jones eighty-seven pictures, it contains a full-page woodcut title, fourteen large borders, eighteen borders or frames for the pictures, and twenty-six large initial words. All of these, besides the ornamental initial letters large and small, were designed by Morris himself."--The life of William Morris by J.W. Mackail, v. 2, p. 326
Edition of 425 copies
"The hearty thanks of the editor and printer are due to the Reverend Professor Skeat for kindly allowing the use of his emendations to the Ellesmere mss. of the Canterbury tales, and also of his emended texts of Chaucer's other writings."
Bound by Celine Lombardi
Issued in box
Peterson, W.S. Kelmscott Press
- Addeddate
- 2013-05-31 17:30:06
- Associated-names
- Burne-Jones, Edward Coley, 1833-1898, ill; Lombardi, Celine, binder; Kelmscott Press
- Call number
- PR1850 1896
- External-identifier
- urn:oclc:record:1102333328
- Identifier
- worksofgeoffreyc00chau_0
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t0001rd0n
- Invoice
- 8
- Lccn
- 02018643
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- ABBYY FineReader 8.0
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- Ocr_module_version
- 0.0.14
- Openlibrary_edition
- OL33227446M
- Openlibrary_work
- OL24996444W
- Page-progression
- lr
- Page_number_confidence
- 97.53
- Pages
- 568
- References
- Peterson, W.S. Kelmscott Press A40
- Scanningcenter
- boston
- Worldcat (source edition)
- 3918567
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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